Biology:Eurycentrum

Short description: Genus of orchids

Eurycentrum
Eurycentrum obscurum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Goodyerinae
Genus:	Eurycentrum Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach

Eurycentrum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 7 known species, native to New Guinea and to certain islands of the Pacific.

1. Eurycentrum amblyoceras Schltr. - New Guinea
2. Eurycentrum atroviride J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
3. Eurycentrum fragrans Schltr. - New Guinea
4. Eurycentrum goodyeroides Ridl. - New Guinea
5. Eurycentrum monticola Schltr. - New Guinea
6. Eurycentrum obscurum (Blume) Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - New Guinea
7. Eurycentrum salomonense Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - Solomons, Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q311746 entry